Viscosity compensating system

Claim 1

A JOURNAL BEARING OF THE TYPE COMPRISING A JOURNAL, A JOURNAL SUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL BEARING SURFACE, AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND JOURANL UPON AN OIL FILM IN RADIALLY SPACED RELATION WITH THE BEARING SURFACE, IN WHICH SAID MEANS INCLUDES A VISCOSITY COMPENSATING SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING THE RADIAL SPACE BETWEEN THE JOURNAL AND BEARING SURFACE CONSTANT DISPITE VARIATIONS IN THE OIL VISCOSITY, SAID SYSTEM INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF SPACED OBLONG OIL PADS RECESSED IN THE BEARING SURFACE, THE MAJOR AXES OF SAID PADS BEING CIRUMFERENTIALLY ALIGNED, A PLURALITY OF CONDUITS FORMED IN THE JOURNAL SUPPORTING MEMBER, EACH OF SAID CONDUITS RESPECTIVELY COMMUNICATING AT ONE END WITH THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE PADS, A COMMON SUPPLY PASSAGE COMMUNICATING WITH THE OTHER END OF THE CONDUITS, SAID CONDUITS INCLUDING A RESTRICTED PORTION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, A PUMP MEANS FOR SUPPLYING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO THE COMMON SUPPLY PASSAGE, AND A PRESSURE REGULATOR CONNECTED IN SERIES IMTERMEDIATE THE PUMP AND COMMON SUPPLY PASSAGE FOR SUPPLYING A CONSTANT PRESSURE TO THE SUPPLY PASSAGE.